Wayne Byers Show – Morning Show – Jun 25

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR …MOHALL…BOTTINEAU…ROLLA…MINOT…

TOWNER…RUGBY…GARRISON…MCCLUSKY…HARVEY…CARRINGTON…

BISMARCK…STEELE…JAMESTOWN…LINTON…NAPOLEON…EDGELEY…

* THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SLOWING MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED.

* RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING…

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LOCATIONS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD CAN BE DEADLY. MONITOR FORECASTS
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Forecast…

Jamestown area…

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
.REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN
THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS
AROUND 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

Valley City area…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE EVENING…THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOWS IN
THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 60 TO 65.
.THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 60 TO 65.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 75 TO 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 60 TO 65.
.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 60 TO 65.
.SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 75 TO 80.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 60 TO 65.
.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS 75 TO 80.

 

Jamestown/Stutsman County:

Severe Weather, and or Flood Warnings, Watch click link below

http://wx.hamweather.com/local/us/nd/jamestown/warnings.html#adv0

For Valley City/Barnes County:

http://wx.hamweather.com/local/us/nd/valley+city/warnings.html#adv0

Valley City Forecast

http://wx.hamweather.com/?config=&forecast=zandh&pands=58072

Jamestown Forecast

http://wx.hamweather.com/?config=&forecast=zandh&pands=58401

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Jun 25, 2013)  —  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is maintaining the combined releases from Jamestown and Pipstem Dams of 900 cfs.  A 700 cfs release from Jamestown Dam, and a 200 cfs release from Pipestem Dam.

Bob Martin in Jamestown said the reduced releases will be in effect the next day or two, with concerns of high James River Levels south of Jamestown, and the upcoming rain event that may include heavy rainfall.

 

Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. Jun 24, 2013) — Damage reports that have come in to the Barnes County Emergency Management indicated that two homes had their basement’s cave-in stemming from the storm and flooding in Valley City the evening of June 20, 2013.

25 percent of the homes or businesses in Valley City received water damage.

The LEC’s basement was flooded along the VCSU’s athletic facility’s locker rooms.

Barnes County rural residences and roads, also received damage from the heavy rain as well as county roads.

The American Red Cross has Clean up kits are available Monday thru Friday at the Barnes County Highway Department office.

Mayor Robert Wekhoven says, Valley City residents can take their flood damaged items and debris to the landfill free of charge until further notice.

Also Barnes County residents are encouraged to report flood damages by calling 845-6678. The line operates 24/7 to leave messages.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s State Water Commission has approved about $1.3 million to begin engineering work on a $60 million project to protect Valley City, Lisbon and Fort Ransom from Sheyenne River flooding.

The  Sheyenne River Valley Flood Control Project will use a combination of property buyouts, floodwalls and levees to safeguard the cities. The state Legislature earlier this year approved $21 million for the effort. The cities also will contribute.

The state is making an exception to its practice of helping with construction costs but requiring local entities to cover engineering costs for such projects. Gov. Jack Dalrymple says a distinction must be made because outlets that drain Devils Lake floodwaters into the Sheyenne are increasing the flood risk for the three cities.

 

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — At Monday’s Board of Directors meeting, the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation gave Buffalo City Diesel tentative approval to purchase the lot next to its location from the JSDC.

A final review will come at the JSDC Board of Directors meeting on July 8th.

Buffalo City Diesel, is located in the I-94 Industrial Park in southwest Jamestown.

The lot is 1.59 acres in size and is being sold for $1 per square foot, approximately $68,000.

JSDC CEO Connie Ova says, all lots in the Industrial Park have been offered for $1 per square foot, and allows the JSDC to break even after land purchase and development costs.

 

Valley City, ND, (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Barnes County Relay for Life was held Friday (Jun 21, 2013) evening in Downtown Valley City.

A co-chair of the event, Marge Bessette of Valley City Said the Relay was a success despite a soggy start.

The count of dollars raised as of Friday night was $33,500 with is more to come.

Check out photos posted at CSiNewsNow.com

 

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – About 150 people from around the country are taking part in a wagon train ride in southeastern North Dakota this week

The 44th annual Fort Seward Wagon Train is making a loop north of Jamestown, giving participants a pioneer experience on the prairie. The ride ends Saturday back at the Fort Seward Historic Site.

The wagon train is traveling about 15 miles each day. Chicago resident Kathy Marchese says she and a friend have been training for six months for the ride.

 

MANDAREE, N.D. (AP) – A Montana man is presumed drowned in Lake Sakakawea (suh-kaw-kuh-WEE’-uh) in North Dakota after he fell out of a boat and officials unsuccessfully searched for him over the weekend.

State game warden Brian Updike says the man was fishing in the Skunk Bay area in Dunn County on Saturday morning when he fell into the water and did not resurface. Authorities have not released the name of the 49-year-old man from Sidney, Mont.

Officials say the area where the man went into the water is known for large boulders on the lake bottom. Access to the area also has been hampered by muddy conditions.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man who admitted forming a ring that supplied drugs across North Dakota and Minnesota has been sentenced to federal prison.

Twenty-seven-year-old Noah Bergland, of Roseau, Minn., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo, N.D., on Monday to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release. He also was ordered to forfeit $250,000 in drug money to the government.

Bergland earlier pleaded guilty to charges of operating a continuing criminal enterprise and money laundering conspiracy. Authorities say he conspired with 30 others to bring cocaine, heroin, marijuana and Ecstasy from the Minneapolis area to various cities in Minnesota and North Dakota. The other defendants have reached deals with prosecutors and only a handful still await sentencing.

Authorities dubbed the conspiracy investigation Operation Noah’s Ark, after Bergland.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death last fall on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says 23-year-old Alisha Crow Ghost, of Cannonball, faces up to life in prison when she’s sentenced in federal court in Bismarck on Sept. 30.

Authorities say Crow Ghost stabbed Cole Harrison in the chest last Nov. 10 after a night of drinking and arguing.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota district judge accused of sexually harassing a court reporter says he made some mistakes but wasn’t interested in an intimate relationship and did not treat the reporter poorly at work.

The North Dakota Judicial Conduct Commission heard testimony Monday on a complaint against East Central District Judge Wickham Corwin, of Fargo.

The court reporter, Lisa Plante, testified that she told Corwin she wasn’t interested in having a sexual relationship, but the judge would not drop the subject and made her perform repetitive tasks at work.

Corwin says he made some hurtful and in appropriate remarks, but some of them were meant in jest and he later apologized.

Plante and Corwin have been reassigned and no longer work together.

The hearing is expected to wrap up today.

 

ROSS, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota company has been cited for nine safety violations in the death of a worker who was cleaning the inside of a crude oil tanker.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $28,000 in fines for Plains Trucking LLC in Ross. The company has two weeks to pay the fines or contest the citations and penalties.

OSHA officials say the violations included failure to evaluate the need for personal protective equipment, lack of machine guarding on pulleys and belts, use of electrical lighting that was not improved, and failure to compile a list of chemicals.

The incident happened on March 27 while the worker lowered a treble light into the tanker. The light was not approved for the conditions.

Company officials were not immediately available for comment.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Abortion-rights advocates have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging two new North Dakota laws that impose the nation’s toughest abortion restrictions.
 
     The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights is representing the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo in the lawsuit filed Tuesday. It seeks to block a measure that would ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can first be detected. The lawsuit also is challenging another new law that would prohibit women from having an abortion because a fetus has a genetic defect, such as Down syndrome.   
 
     Abortion-rights activists say the laws are unconstitutional.
 
     North Dakota lawmakers already have set aside $400,000 for the legal fight promised by abortion-rights activists.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislative Council is asking Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to determine whether the North Dakota State University president broke the law by deleting more than 45,000 emails that may have been subject to an open records request. The Council requested emails from State Board of Higher Education officials in April. An attorney with the university system says the emails from NDSU President Dean Bresciani’s inbox were deleted.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An organizer of a petition drive to bring three of North Dakota’s strict new abortion laws to a public vote says his group plans to take the issue to the state Supreme Court after falling short of their signature goals.

Each of the three petitions needed at least 13,452 valid signatures from North Dakota voters by Monday at midnight to qualify for a statewide vote.

Committee chairman Gary Hangsleben of Grand Forks says each of the petitions fell short of the goal. He asked Secretary of State Al Jaeger for a 90-day extension on Monday, but Jaeger denied that request.

Hangsleben says his group is preparing to file a brief with the state Supreme Court that he believes will give his group more time to gather signatures.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture says strong storms in the central and eastern portions of North Dakota late caused localized flooding and crop damage last week.

The Agricultural Statistics Service’s North Dakota field office says in its weekly crop report that farmers and ranchers had on average 4.7 days suitable for fieldwork.

Spring wheat seeding is 91 percent complete, and the crop is 79 percent emerged and 21 percent jointed. The condition is rated 1 percent very poor, 2 percent poor, 22 percent fair, 60 percent good and 15 percent excellent.

The Durum wheat crop is 93 percent seeded, 81 percent emerged and 15 percent jointed.

Pasture and range conditions are rated 1 percent very poor, 2 percent poor, 13 percent fair, 56 percent good and 28 percent excellent.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Thieves have targeted an annual charity auction in Fargo that helps raise money for the Roger Maris Cancer Center. Officials say more than 100 items were taken from a storage facility earlier this month. A majority of them were baseballs autographed by Hall of Famers. A scaled-back auction was held over the weekend.

 

In sports…

AA

Fargo-Moorhead 17, Newark 5

 

MLB…

AMERICAN  LEAGUE

Final          Cleveland            5    Baltimore              2
Final          Tampa  Bay            4    Toronto                  1

NATIONAL  LEAGUE

Final          San  Diego            4    Philadelphia        3,  10  Innings
Final          L.A.  Dodgers      3    San  Francisco      1

NATIONAL  HOCKEY  LEAGUE  PLAYOFFS

BOSTON (AP) – The Chicago Blackhawks pulled out a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins to claim their fifth Stanley Cup and second in four seasons. Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland scored 17 seconds apart over the final 1:16 after Milan Lucic (loo-CHEECH) tallied with 7:49 remaining to put the Bruins ahead 2-1. Patrick Kane came away with the Conn Smythe (smyth) Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs. Kane scored nine goals and 19 points in 23 games.

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Adam Plutko worked six innings and Eric Filia hit a two-run single as UCLA beat Mississippi State 3-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-3 College World Series finals. Plutko retired his first nine batters and held the Bulldogs to a run and four hits to help the Bruins get within one victory of their first national championship in baseball. Mississippi State had its chances to tie the game or pull ahead but left runners in scoring position four of the last six innings.

 

TENNIS…

LONDON (AP) – Top seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic (JOH’-koh-vihch) will take Centre Court as part of today’s Wimbledon schedule. Williams has a first-round match against Mandy Minella before Djokovic takes on Florian Mayer. The tournament continues without two-time men’s champion Rafael Nadal (nah-DAHL’), who lost in the opening round for the first time in 35 major appearances.

Playing an opponent less than half her age, veteran Japanese player Kimiko Date-Krumm needed just 44 minutes to defeat German teenager Carina Witthoeft 6-0, 6-2 in the first round of Wimbledon on Tuesday.

The 42-year-old Date-Krumm is the second oldest player to have won a match at Wimbledon after Martina Navratilova, who was 47 when she reached the second round in 2004.

The 18-year-old Witthoeft was making her Grand Slam debut.

Serena Williams has started her Wimbledon title defense with a victory over Mandy Minella of Luxembourg, using her dominant serve to win 6-1, 6-3 on Centre Court.

Williams didn’t drop a single point on her serve until the start of the second set, when Minella took a 2-0 lead Tuesday after the American double-faulted on break point.

Williams won the next four games to regain control and broke again to wrap up the match.

Williams is looking for her sixth Wimbledon title and improved her career record to 68-8 at the All England Club. She extended her career-best winning streak to 32 matches, which included her second French Open title.

The 92nd-ranked Minella was making her second appearance at Wimbledon, having lost in the first round in 2012.

Juan Martin Del Potro made a winning return to Grand Slam competition on Tuesday, defeating Albert Ramos of Spain 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 in the first round at Wimbledon.

The eighth-seeded Del Potro did not play at the French Open because of respiratory problems.

Facing an opponent playing only his fourth tournament on grass, the big-hitting Del Potro had 34 winners – including 10 aces – and maintained his record of advancing to the second round at the All England Club in six appearances.

 

MLB…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have called up right-hander Kyle Gibson from Triple-A.  Gibson traveled yesterday to join the Twins in Miami. He is scheduled to make his major league debut on Saturday at home against the Kansas City Royals.
HOCKEY…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Wild have re-signed goaltender Niklas Backstrom to a three-year contract. The deal was announced yesterday. The 35-year-old Backstrom went 24-15-3 with a 2.48 goals against average and two shutouts in 42 games last season for the Wild.
UNDATED (AP) – It appears the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks have traded coaches.

The Canucks are expected to introduce John Tortorella as their new head coach tomorrow. Tortorella led the Rangers to the Stanley Cup playoffs the last three seasons but was dismissed late last month after the Blueshirts were eliminated in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

He would replace Alain Vigneault (VEEN’-yoh), who is replacing Tortorella in New York.

 

NBA…

DENVER (AP) – The Denver Nuggets have found their next head coach.

A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Indiana Pacers assistant coach Brian Shaw has agreed to succeed George Karl.

The Denver Post first announced the agreement with Shaw, and the former Phil Jackson pupil told the newspaper he’s been “prepared by the best of the best” for his first NBA head coaching job.

 

NCAA-BASKETBALL…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An NCAA panel has voted to expand the use of replay review in college basketball, and instituted the 10-second backcourt rule for the women’s game.

The Playing Rules Oversight Panel also approved a tweak to the charging-blocking foul in the men’s game and gave referees leeway when it comes to penalties for accidentally elbowing an opponent above the shoulders. The approved changes are effective immediately.
 

In world and national news…

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia has slapped away U.S. demands to return National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. Though Snowden is believed to have flown to Moscow from Hong Kong, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov angrily insisted Russia has nothing to do with him or his travel plans and says Snowden hasn’t crossed the Russian border.

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is about to take some climate change initiative into his own hands. In a speech scheduled today at Georgetown University, Obama was to announce he’s issuing a presidential memorandum to launch the first-ever federal regulations on heat-trapping carbon dioxide emitted by existing power plants. He’ll also move to boost renewable energy production on federal property.

PARIS (AP) – Police in France are question six people detained on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks. The Paris prosecutor’s office says the six are believed to have been part of a radical Islamic terrorist cell. They were detained yesterday and can be held up to four days. France has been on higher alert since French troops entered Mali earlier this year.

BEIJING (AP) – An American executive confined to his Beijing medical supply factory by Chinese workers is denying their allegations that they’ve gone two months without pay. Chip Starnes of Specialty Medical Supplies endured a fifth day of captivity at the plant in the capital’s northeastern suburbs. About 100 workers are also demanding severance packages even though Starnes denies rumors that the plant is being closed.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghan officials say three guards have been killed in the brazen Taliban assault on the presidential palace in Kabul. The militant group had earlier said that all eight of its attackers died in the early Tuesday assault on one of the most secure parts of the Afghan capital. Militants with false papers and military-style uniforms bluffed their way through two checkpoints on their way to the palace.